Language
in my work mainly centers around the incarnation of the soundbody of silent
objects or surfaces in the context of a natural acoustic or soundscape.
In such ways the artist becomes the transforming agent of the language
of matter—instrumental in the incarnation of sonic potentiality
from the uncreated realm of silence, hence the location is enabled, through
performance, to "speak for itself." —DS

Performed under a railway bridge near Glaisdale, Yorkshire, this extract
involves some exploratory and interactive improvisation under the central
arch of three, beside a small stream and woodland (the fourth went over
a main road and was not used). I tend to start with locations with a potentially
strong sonic character and those rich in metaphor or associative symbolism.

This was recorded live on location in a single take
using a voicepipe, with no overdubs, processing or multi tracking. Here
we explore the juxtaposition of cognitive, physical, and sonic metaphors
expressing and describing a reality. The voicing of "the sound of
running water," expressed in the realm of the English language, while
the actuality itself being expressed directly in the location being observed.
The voicepipe offers an extension to the vocal tract, a form of acoustic
processing and facilitates movement in space—the creative expression
of acoustic spatial choreography.